Mr. Satish Kumar Jain is a
social figure of National and International repute among the Jains,
writer, journalist, devoted to the cause of Vegetarianism and Animal
Protection to the core of his heart. Mr. Satish Kumar Jain was born
on 22nd October, 1930 in Nehtaur, District Bijnore, Uttar
Pradesh.

He passed M.A.(Economics) and
L.L.B. He has through out been a brilliant student in school, college and
university securing high marks in examinations and very actively
participated in the literary and debating activities at all levels. He
practiced in legal profession at Bijnore during 1954-1957. Joined service
in Forestry Division of the Union Ministry of Agricultural, New Delhi in
November, 1957. He has retired from the Ministry of Enviornment and
Forests, Govt. of India as Consultant in December, 87. A very sincere and
hard working officer, he has been actively involved with wild life
preservation, afforestation, social forestry in the country, formulation
of 5 year plans of Forestry sector, various UNDP, FAO,World Bank, US-AID,
Swedish, Canadian, British assisted forestry projects with their
monitoring of progress, foreign training assignments, development of
Indian forests.

Mr. Jain has been very keen
and active social worker since 1958. He has been President of Jain Sabha
New Delhi and Chairman of Jain Happy School, the two prominent
institutions of New Delhi, for many years. Being associated with these two
prominent institutions in the long time span of 38 years, during which
period he has been their Secretary, Vice-President and President, he has
almost single handedly brought up the institutions to the prominence they
now enjoy.

He established the
organisation "Ahimsa International " in 1973 as its Founder Secretary
General in which position he still continues. This organisation, due to
his hard work, is now well known in the Jain community of India and
various other countries for its work in the field of Vegetarianism,
prevention of cruelty to animals, initiation of various awards for
meritorious work in the field of vegetarianism and animal protection,
literature etc. assistance to disabled, educational, literary and welfare
activities. World Jain Congress was established by him in 1985 as its
Secretary General. He has successfully organised several world Jain
Conferences and Regional Jain Conferences in America, New Delhi, Bangkok
and Singapore.

He established "Shraman
Sahitya Sanstahn" in 1973 – the socio-literary institution of which he is
the Honorary Director. Through it, he is promoting literary work and
editing and publishing a bilingual (English & Hindi) research based
quarterly journal "Ahimsa Voice" since 1988 which is mainly devoted to
Vegetarianism, Animal Welfare, rights of the Women and Children, Jain
Literature, Cultural and Art.

Mr. Satish Kumar Jain has been
President of various local institutions and actively connected with some
All India Jain institutions as office bearer/Member of the Executive
Committee.

Mr. Jain has visited U.S.A.,
Canada, U.K., France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Thailand and
Singapore several times to propagate the principles of Jainism, to promote
vegetarianism, to deliver lectures on important subjects of Jainology and
art. His papers have been published in the Souvenirs of the Conventions of
Federation of Jain Associations of America and Canada and various other
journals. He has been honoured at various occasions in USA, U.K. Bangkok,
Singapore and in India in recognition of his meritorious social and
literary work.

Mr. Jain is a prolific writer
on wild life, forestry, economic matters, foreign travels, places of
tourism in India, art, archaeology and culture. His over 300 articles on
these subjects have been published in leading literary periodicals and
newspapers of India. He has written, edited and compiled. He is also the
author of a few voluminous books, which have received wide appreciation
and recognition.

Most of all Mr. Jain is a
distinguished activist of vegetarianism and animal welfare of the country
for his co-ordination and public awareness activities in these fields. On
these subjects he has organised various national seminars, which have been
attended by Central Ministers, Members of Parliament and activities in
these fields. He is widely known among the Jain Scholars and journalists
of India and organises annual felicitation functions for presenting
suitable awards to them for their creative work.

Mr. Jain is also a keen
photographer and collector of coins and stamps. He has a large collection
of excellent snapshots and transparencies of Jain and Hindu temples, icons
caves, mansthambhas and other monuments, mostly photographed by him.

He is unbelievably hard
working at the age of 68 years, straight forward highly social, polite,
and amenable. A person of great determination, action and organisational
capability. Married in Feb. 1957 to Shanta Rani Jain in New Delhi, he has
one Engineer son Rajiv Jain and two daughters Madhulika Jain and Shalini
Jain.